"Gods are but greater demons, the Cishaurim said,……" — R. Scott Bakker
"Gods are but greater demons, the Cishaurim said, hungers across the surface of eternity, wanting only to taste the clarity of our souls. Can you not see this?"
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33 Quotes by R. Scott Bakker
R. Scott Bakker has 33 quotes on this site.
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Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying.
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The world has long ceased to be the author of your anguish.
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Sometimes the Nonman would climb upon some wild pulpit, the mossed remains of a fallen tree, the humped back of…
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